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Marshallese Displaced from Home Islands after U.S. Nuclear Testing

VIDEO EXCERPT, Unnatural Causes - Episode 6
Dise Langrus is one of many Marshallese who were relocated from their home islands 40 years ago after U.S. nuclear testing rendered it uninhabitable. Others were moved to make room for the construction of the U.S. military base on Kwajalein Island. Today, the Marshallese confront the worst of the "developing" and urbanized worlds: infectious disease running rampant because of poverty and squalid conditions and chronic illnesses resulting in part from the stress of dislocation and cultural loss.

From the UNNATURAL CAUSES series: Episode 6 - Collateral Damage